I want to understand what implement an IP stack means.
I explain myself : I've wrote two Java little applications (Client-Server) which communicate over a LAN with TLS. In my code, I didn't have to ...

Hey i am developing an application to measure performance of cellular network for that i need to measure packet loss and i am able to measure packet loss with the help of ping command, i am attaching ...

So I have a few servers who handle different things. One is for a forward-facing website, one is an internally used website, as well as a few servers that host DB's.
I am in the process of writing a ...

I am creating a peer to peer program that runs on client computers connecting to other clients. I will be using Boost.Asio. The only options that I am aware of for securing these connections is using ...

I'm looking to come up with a standard for how to implement a system that will automatically update software. As such, there is no actual programming (yet), but I still want to make sure my standard ...

I need to find a solution for high throughput network data interleaving in my QT framework based windows application.
My application is based on server/client architecture. The client connects to a ...

I want to connect and transfer data between a PC and an Android device both of which are on the same local WiFi network.
I cannot use the local IP as such in the code to actually get the connection ...

I am learning socket programming. I have a Java application as my server, and C# for the client. Just sending string lines from one to another. Below I have code snippets showing how I am currently ...

I am aware of that is a difficult question and depends on the game mechanics and game type being applied.
So, many answers can be given. For the sake of simplicity, it would be better to consider a ...

To my understanding message acknowledge deadlock problem is this:
In order to sync value X between A and B
A sends X to B
A waits for B to send acknowledgment to A so it makes sure B has latest X
B ...

It is easy to implement calls to API endpoints, then to parse JSON and handle the data - but what is a good design pattern for this?
Here are some ways I have tried but I feel like there should be a ...

Scenario:
Two virtual machines produce logs. I want these logs to be sent to a central server for processing (as soon as a line of these logs is generated-->streaming ). The condition here is that I ...

I have a Netty-based game server implementation that handles 40 or so distinct packets with their own serialization structure, for brevity I'll refer to them as FooPacket, BarPacket, ... These packet ...

I've got three Raspberry Pis sitting around. I want 2 of them to be able to chat while the 3rd routes the messages (acts as a server between them).
The general flow of events should be something like ...

I would like to develop a system that is able to analize the network traffic of people using it. I am interested in the URLs that the users request.
Let's say the users targeted are on iOS or Android ...

Since I last had to do any comms/network programming, the field has exploded with acronyms. In fact, networking almost feels like it is now described by a whole new language.
The very name "Windows ...

I am working on an application using sockets. Essentially I want to stream data between two clients. Since I can't connect the two clients together directly (they aren't on the same network), I will ...

Is telnet just a simple socket connection?
I usually have a difficult time in the networking area so I use some code from the internet to help me out, but I can't seem to find a library for Telnet in ...

I am currently doing some research for a project. The setup is simple, I have a computer running a service in my home network and any device connected to that same network should be able to discover ...

In basic networking, we talk about DNS servers, that they resolve human readable addresses (www.google.com) into an actual IP address. As far as I understand, at least using the basics, an IP address ...

Learning how to develop a small embedded HTTP server for a class assignment, and the examples given on how to use com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer use an InetSocketAddress which extends SocketAddress ...

This question might be more suited to math.stackexchange.com, but here goes:
Their Version
Reconciliation takes two parts-- first the exchange of digests, and then an exchange of updates. I'll first ...

Not sure how to title this as it's not just about that. But suppose that there is a software like .NET BCL, and you notice some places where you can make things much faster. It's not a great example ...

The amount of servers and the complexity of our application is growing and we now have servers in different regions (hosted on AWS). Certain database operations require low latency so we have stuck a ...

I came across this question in a textbook, but there are no solutions and I'm not sure how to solve this.
The question is: Suppose Host A wants to send a large file to Host B. The path from Host A to ...

In electrical engineering class we learned that signal lines are not ideal, so it takes time for the signal to reach the other end of the cable, and if we doesn't take this into account, it can lead ...